Methods and apparatus including a current limiter

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EP 2 779 346 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	11.02.2015 Bulletin 2015/07

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	17.09.2014 Bulletin 2014/38

(21)	Application number: 14000944.0

(22)	Date of filing: 14.03.2014

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

H02H 9/02^(2006.01)

G05F 1/46^(2006.01)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
	Designated Extension States:
	BA ME

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Priority:

15.03.2013 US 201361787123 P
09.08.2013 US 201361864271 P
06.03.2014 US 201461949053 P
06.03.2014 US 201414199704

(71)	Applicant: Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation
	San Jose, CA 95134 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	Sarkar, Tirthajyoti 411057 Pune (IN) Mikolajczak, Adrian Los Altos, CA 94024 (US) HO, Ihsiu Salt Lake City, UT 84111 (US) Challa, Ashok Sandy, UT 84094 (US)

(74)	Representative: Müller-Boré & Partner Patentanwälte PartG mbB
	Friedenheimer Brücke 21 80639 München 80639 München (DE)

(54)	Methods and apparatus including a current limiter

(57) In one general aspect, an apparatus can include a load terminal, and a power source terminal. The apparatus can include a current limiter coupled to the load terminal and coupled to the power terminal. The current limiter can be configured to limit a current from the power source terminal to the load terminal using an electric field activated in response to a difference in voltage between the power source terminal and the load terminal.

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